To get their message across during the Democratic National Convention, some activist groups are taking a different, less showy route.

“We believe there is much more going on than protests,” said Judah Freed, coordinator for the Network of Spiritual Progressives, one of the 14 faith-based organizations holding “peaceful activities” during the convention.

“We are here to reach out to Denver to tell them about something else,” Freed said Thursday, his eyes closed and head down as he joined into a circle with the other groups’ representatives.

The groups tout their events — ranging from meditation retreats at Fishback Landing Park to “Visioning Circles” with Tent State University — as alternatives to protests that may turn violent or disruptive.

The 55-plus events focus on different issues, but all look to influence public policy by promoting moral values for the common good through peaceful activities.

“Politicians respond to pressure, and there needs to be a nonviolent movement applying this pressure,” said Bob Carlsten, spokesman for the People Call for Change.

Some of the groups’ participants are practicing Jews and Christians — some rabbis and reverends.

“We really want to elevate public dialogue about faith-based issues,” said Mary Ellen Garrett, spokeswoman for the Colorado Friends of Sabeel, which is holding a “Justice for Palestine” rally at Skyline Park. “We need to steer the country in a way that will result in peace, justice and a sustainable environment.”

The American Friends Service Committee, an anti-Iraq-war Quaker organization, will display its “Cost of War” banners along the South Platte River and Cherry Creek trails.

“Every day of the Iraq war costs us 84 elementary schools,” said Sarah Gill, the organization’s area program coordinator.

A local union president slammed by Donald Trump on Twitter stood his ground Thursday, maintaining the president-elect gave false hope to hundreds of workers by inflating the number of jobs being saved at a Carrier Corp. factory in Indianapolis.